Ukraine, Lavrov: “Doors to dialogue with the West are not closed”

Russian Foreign Minister: “Russia, however, will judge Europe’s intentions by its actions”

Russia will judge Europe’s intentions by its actions, but he does not think that the doors of the resumption of dialogue with the West are closed. Thus the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview with the French TV channel TF1. “We do not mean that the doors of the resumption of dialogue are closed. But we will judge Europe’s intentions only by concrete actions. We have learned our lesson. In this sense the situation has changed since the end of the Cold War“Lavrov said.

“At the time – he continues – there was a lot of talk about universal human values, about the shared future of Europe from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. They were noble words. But as soon as it was a question of taking concrete steps and translating those slogans into shares, Europe has shown reluctance “.